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Book SynopsisMusic Education for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Resource for Teachers provides foundational information about autism spectrum disorder and strategies for engaging students with ASD in music-based activities such as singing, listening, moving, and playing instruments. This practical resource supplies invaluable frameworks for teachers who work with early-years students. The book first provides readers with background information about ASD and how students with this condition manage their behaviors in school environments. It then progresses to provide teachers with information about planning music-based instruction for students on the spectrum. In the book''s midsection, readers learn how students with ASD perceive, remember, and articulate pitch perception. Following chapters present a series of practical ideas for engaging students with ASD though songs and singing and concentrate on skills in music listening, most notably on activities that motivate students with ASD to
Trade ReviewI read this book and then immediately read it again. It is full of practical and classroom-tested strategies to meet the musical needs of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. * Alice Hammel, music educator and author of Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs, Teaching Music to Students with Autism, and Winding It Back: Teaching to Individual Differences in Music Classroom and Ensemble Settings *
I have watched Sheila Scott working with groups of students with wide ranging and significant disabilities and seen the remarkable and inspiring changes in their engagement and attention that have resulted. This book is an excellent resource for enabling other professionals to achieve these kinds of goals themselves. * Cameron Symons, Associate Professor of Education, Brandon University *
Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures List of Tables Alphabetical List of Songs Chapter 1 - Autism and Music Education: The Musical Child Chapter 2 - Planning for Instruction Chapter 3 - Songs and Singing Chapter 4 - Listening to Music Chapter 5 - Movement Chapter 6 - Playing Musical Instruments Chapter 7 - Musical Narratives: Integrating Musical Experiences Through Storytelling and Drama Appendix A References
